API Gas-Lift Recommended Practices

Gas-lift is major form of artificial lift. Many companies use it to produce large quantities of oil. It is being used more and more to assist in production of gas wells. Starting in 1979, a group of people from the gas-lift industry came together under the auspices of the American Petroleum Institute (API)

to develop specifications and recommended practices for gas-lift. To date, one specification and five recommended practices have been developed and two new ones are underway. This presentation will highlight the purpose of each of these documents and how they can be obtained and used to facilitate training and best practices in oil and gas production companies.